About the Global Education Committee

The Global Education Committee was created during the OWASP EU Summit in Portugal 2008. The primary purpose of the Global Education Committee is: to work with the OWASP Education Project to provide educational materials for both internal and external users, develop liaisons with educational institutions worldwide.

Mission

Provide awareness, training and educational services to corporate,
government and educational institutions on application security.

Vision

Make OWASP educational material globally available as a well known resource
in easily consumable form mapped to a framework tied specifically to user
roles and responsibilities

3 Universities already in contact with and planning OWASP events to participate in.

Incorporate OWASP into the following top 5 Universities, within the next 12 months by introducing OWASP training and education resources at University's events.

1) New York University
2) Cornell University
3) Princeton University
4) University of Minnesota
5) Columbia University

As a result of these initiative we would hope to see:

1) Confirming participation at arranged events
2) Asking Universities to recognize they are using our resources by allowing us to place their names in wiki pages such as http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Top_Ten_Project
3) University faculty, staff and students participate in local and international events/meetings
4) University faculty, staff and students contribute to OWASP projects

This can be developed as a summer of code project but is not a requirement.

Benefits:
Assessments that can be offered in OWASP events and other conferences to users will increase OWASP awareness. The portal can become the link between trainers and trainees and will eventually help in increasing the awareness and knowledge of application security in the industry.

OWASP Boot Camp Project

Objective
To deliver a Boot Camp session which would lead to be one of the main criteria to produce alpha status projects

Activities/Deadline:

Benefits

OWASP CTF event

Objective
Generate a Capture The Flag framework to be offered at OWASP events

Activities/Deadline:

Andrzej will contact the organizers of the CTF from the Denver OWASP Conference and work in using same model

Benefits
Capture The Flag events are very popular in conferences, creating and OWASP specific CTF will offer entertainment at events, generate attendants participation etc.

Speakers Bureau Project

Objective
OWASP Boot Camp about the OWASP projects, to deliver a Boot Camp presentation should be one of the criteria to get an alpha status as project

Benefits
OWASP will gain exposure in the academic industry, starting with accredited universities around the world. Universities will become members of OWASP, provide meeting space, students will apply to OWASP grants, and provide support and structure